page_title: Cessna 140
section_title: Specifications (Cessna 140)
hierarchical_section_title: Cessna 140 / Specifications (Cessna 140)
caption_attribution_description: English: 1946 Cessna 140 Interior
context_page_description: The Cessna 120, 140, and 140A, are single-engine, two-seat, conventional landing gear, light general aviation aircraft that were first produced in 1946, immediately following the end of World War II. Production ended in 1951, and was succeeded in 1959 by the Cessna 150, a similar two-seat trainer which introduced tricycle gear. Combined production of the 120, 140, and 140A was 7,664 units in five years.
context_section_description: Data from The Complete Guide to the Single-Engine Cessnas, AOPA Pilot, and Aircraft Specification No. A-768.
  General characteristics
  Crew: one
  Capacity: one passenger
  Length: 21 ft 6 in (6.55 m)
  Wingspan: 33 ft 4 in (10.16 m)
  Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
  Wing area: 159.3 sq ft (14.80 m²)
  Empty weight: 890 lb (404 kg)
  Gross weight: 1,450 lb (658 kg)
  Fuel capacity: 25 US gallons (95 litres), of which 21 US gallons (79.5 litres) are useable
  Powerplant: 1 × Continental C-85 four cylinder, four stroke, horizontally opposed aircraft engine, 85 hp (63 kW)
  Propellers: 2-bladed Sensenich
  Performance
  Maximum speed: 125 mph (201 km/h, 109 kn)
  Cruise speed: 105 mph (169 km/h, 91 kn)
  Stall speed: 45 mph (72 km/h, 39 kn) flaps down
  Never exceed speed: 140 mph (230 km/h, 120 kn)
  Range: 450 mi (720 km, 390 nmi)
  Service ceiling: 15,500 ft (4,700 m)
  Rate of climb: 680 ft/min (3.5 m/s)
  Wing loading: 9.1 lb/sq ft (44 kg/m²)
caption: 1946 Cessna 140 Interior
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